Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 15, 1907, Page 4

iag = mo | | } | | t HITS MILL CITY WHEAT PuT POLK COUNTY GRAND JURY ASKS THE STATE OFFICIALS TO ACT. Crookston, Minn., June 12.—Claim- ing that the chamber of commerce of Minneapolis and other state -institu- tions control the prices of grain and other cereals, to the detriment of the general public, the Polk county grand jury, which has just closed its session and reported to Judge Watts, asks that the state officials investigate and prosecute that organization. The report has caused a sensation here, and it claimed that the members of the Polk County Farmers’ exchange who drew the attention of the grand jury to the alleged evils of the cham- ber of commerce will get every grand jury which holds a_ session in the northern part of the state this year to bring in a similar report. It is alleged in the report that the chamber of commerce arbitrarly sets the price of grain, not only at the shipping point but at the receiving point; that the body is a combination which is restraining a free and open market in the State of Minnesota, and that it is violating the state laws and the state constitution. The reasons no indictments were brought against the chamber of com- merce is explained in the report by the statement that the grand jury has jurisdiction over only this one county, and that the chamber of commerce is breaking the laws all over the state and should therefore be prosecuted by the state officials. Members of the Farmers’ exchange state that with an overwhelming pub- lic opinion worked up by these re- ports from the different grand juries of the state, the officials will be com- pelled to act in the matter. NAB MONEY “INSPECTOR.” Alleged Federal Official Seizes Bill He Finds in Cash: Registers. Chippewa Falls, Wis., June 12.—A stranger, claiming to be a government inspector of money, worked his scheme to advantage at Little Black. He examined the contents of a num- ber of the cash registers, extracted bills which he claimed to be counter- feit and appropriated them. Joseph Leitl] became suspicious and caused the man’s arrest. The prisoner was taken to Madison, where it was found that he had just served a term in prison for a similar offense. SPOTTED FEVER IN MILL CITY. Health Department Taking Steps to Cope With the Disease. Minneapolis, June 12. — Twenty deaths from cerebro-spinal meningitis have occurred in Minneapolis within the last month, and the health author- ities consider that it is epidemic. All possible’ precautions are being taken to prevent its spread. “Spotted fever,” as the disease is commonly known, has been prevalent in many cities in the East. What has caused its ap- pearance in Minneapolis is not known, at least medical scientists are not agreed. BULLET HITS BOY IN EYE, Muzzle-loading Gun Is Disastrous to Young Hunter. Tagus, N. D., June 12.—Calmer Mit- boe, twelve years old, shot himself in the eye while out shooting gophers. The boy had a muzzle-loading rifle and was ramming a bullet into the barrel when the weapon was discharged. The bullet penetrated his right eye. CONFESSES TO MURDER, Peter Matieson Says He Killed John Johnson. Bemidji, Minn., June 12. — Peter Matieson, partner of John Johnson, who was murdered near Ten Strike in February, 1907, has confessed that he committed the crime. Matieson was recently captured at Spokane, Wash. GIRL WILL GO TO SIBERIA. Miss Eleda Felsted of Winona Has Po- sition at Omsk. Winona, Minn., June 12.—Miss Ele- da Felsted of this city has resigned her position as a teacher in the Wi- nona public schools to go to Omsk, Western Siberia, .o become private tutor to an American boy there. Caught in a Pulverizer. Arlington, S. D., June 12. — Henry Hinricks of Clearwater narrowly es- caped death in an accident with a disc pulverizer, getting his feet caught be- tween the discs so tightly that the machine had to be taken to pieces to get him loose. His ankle was cut to the bone and he suffered a severe loss of blood, but will recover. Stop Sunday Funerals. Milwaukee, June 12.—Following the example of Minneapolis, the Forest Home cemetery here, the largest cemetery in the state, announced that there will be no more Sunday funerals after July 1. ~ Cabrera Not Killed. Mexico City, June 12—Thus far it has been learned here that the report which came from Oaxaca last night to the effect that President Cabrera had been assassinated was without foun- dation. MINNESOTA STEEL COMPANY FILES ARTICLES OF _ IN- CORPORATION. St. Paul, June 13. -— Capitalized at $10,000,000, with a debt limit also of $10,000,000, the Minnesota Steel com- pany of Duluth was !aunched yesterday by filing its articles of incorporation wth the secretary of state. This is the steel trust corporation that will build and operate the new steel plant at West Duluth. Its in- corporators and officers are leading steel trust officials and William Ellis Corey, executive head of the United States Steel company, appears as one of the directors. The articles were filed by Ed L. Windom, a Duluth attorney, and the check which paid the state for the -.- ing fee was for $5,025. William B. Dickson is named as president; George L. Reis, vice presi- dent; William J. Filbert, secretary- anditor; Richard Trimble, treasur- er, These gentlemen are directors, and the board also includes Elbert H. Gary, William E. Corey, Thomas L. Cole, William J. Olcott and Joseph B. Cotton. George O. Swift is assistant secretary and assistant treasurer. RUN»> DOWN BABY. Reckless Driver Flees After Accident That May Prove Fatal. Ida Grove, Iowa, June 13. — Run down and probably fatally injured by a reckless driver the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Heilman is hovering between life and death. The child’s thigh was broken and she sus- tained internal injuries. The driver, when he saw what he had done, whip- ped up his horse and drove out into the country at breakneck speed. A number of citizens pursued him and had he been caught he undoubtedly would have been roughly handled. LOVER SEES SUICIDE. Young Man and Sweetheart Quarrel— . Girl Kills Self. Oskaloosa, Iowa, June 13.—After a quarrel with her lover, who had spent the evening with her, Early Sarvis, eighteen years old, living at Rose Hill, excused herself for a moment, left the room and securing a revolver, re- turned and fired a bullet through her brain, dying instantly. Harry String- fellow, the young man with whom the girl was in love, sought to prevent her desperate act, but was unsuccessful. SEIZED AS TIMBER THIEF. Contractor Is Arrested at Superior on State Warrant. Superior, Wis., June 13—The state's campaign against timber thieves in Northern Wisconsin resulted in the arrest last evening of August Ander- son, a logging contractor of this city, this being the first action started by the state here, Assistant State For- ester Moody is prosecuting the case. Anderson is accused of cutting about 20,000 feet of cedar from state land in this county. SON’S NAME ON PAY ROLL. Railroad Foreman Is Accused of Pad- ding List. Valley City, N. D., June 13.—M. J. Haley, the Northern Pacific section foreman at Rogers, was arrested yes- terday on a charge of forging the name of his son to the payroll and drawing wages for him as a section hand when he was not at work. He will be tried this week in the district court, which is a record for quick work. Grand Army Meets. St. Paul, June 13—The annual en- campment of the Grand Army of the Republic, department of Minnesota, opened last evening with two recep- tions by the ladies’ auxiliary organiza- tions. The woman’s relief corps re- ception was held in the new capitol, while the one given by the ladies of the G. A. R. was held at the Metropol- itan hotel. Rosemount Under Lid, Too. Rosemount, Minn., June 13. — Act- ing under the decision of the state su- preme court, the officials of Rose mount have declared for the enforce- ment of the state liquor laws, and ef Sunday morning found this city under a lid. The enforcement of the law met with quite general satisfaction, Drug Fiend Kills self. Billings, Mont., June 13. — A. J. Wilson, a victim of the morphine habit and who has been a familiar figure in police circles for some time, committed suicide early this morning by casting himself from a Burlington train on which he had t:ken passage for Cody, Wyo. Shot Officers; May Be Lynched. Bluefield, Va., June 13.—Lee Tabor, a railroad man, resisting arrest, snot and killed Officer James Francisco and shot Tom Hunt, another officer. Feeling is running high and Tabor may be lynched. Two Killed in Auto Wreck, Indianapolis, Ind., June 13. — Two women are dead and three other per- sons were seriously hurt when a Broad Ripple traction car struck and wrecked the automobile of J. Himes. News of the Northwest | ‘STEEL PLANT DEAL LAUNCHED CROW INDIANS CHARGE FRAUD CLAIM THEY HAVE BEEN DE- FRAUDED OF $3,000,000 BY LAND GRABBERS. Billings, Mint., June 11—The Crow Indians, who for years have occupied | 1 rich lands in the Big Horn basin set apart for them by the government, have asked an investigation of charges they make that they have been de- frauded out of $3,000,000 by land grabbers. For the purpose of investi- gating, Secretary Garfield sent his own private secretay, Mr. Dallsey, who has been on the ground now for two weeks. The investigation is said to have re- vealed an interesting condition of af- fairs on the reservation. Secretary Dallsey gave the Indians a hearing, the tribe being represented by Helena Grey, who recently went to Washing- ; ton to lay the matter before the presi- dent. Mrs. Grey makes several charges against the agents and others, who. she alleged, have defrauded the In- dians of their lands. Muskogee, I. T., June 10—A new territory scandal is on the tapis and will develop next week, when, it is stated, suits charging land frauds will be filed here by an agent of the inte- ior department against many persons prominent in the polftics of the two territories. LID ON TIGHT IN ST. PAUL. For First Time in History Saloons Are Closed on Sunday. St. Paul, June 11. — For the first time in its history the lid was on tight in St. Paul yesterday. The order to close went into effect at midnight Sat- urday, and when daylight dawned yes- terday every saloon in the city was closed. It was the first time in the history of the city that the saloons have been closed on Sunday. The thirsty were compelled to journey to South St. Paul for their booze. The police felt the effect of the dry day more than anybody else, and not a single arrest was made after 10 o’clock Saturday night. The closing of the saloons is the re- sult of a recent ruling of the supreme court that the attorney general is em- powered to start action to remove any official of any municipality who does not enforce the state laws, which include the Sunday closing law. Many of the smaller saloons may be compelled to go out of business as a result of the enforcement of the law. LONG TROLLEY LINE, Merged Company to Build Along Lake Michigan Shore. Manitowoc, Wis., June 11. — The merging of the Sheboygan Traction company with the Milwaukee & Northern Traction company, which has just been consummated, is said to be a prelude to the merging of the latter company with the Manitowoc & Northern Traction company and the extension of the latte rline to She- boygan via Silver Lake. Eventually, it is believed, that the line will be extended northward to Green Bay and will become one of the most important interurban roads in the state. The merger will give the new com- pany a direct line north from Milwau- kee along the lake shore to Two Har- bors, taking in all the lake shore cities and villages and will make its total mileage 100 miles. KIDNAPPED GIRL IN ST. PAUL. Parents Planned Abduction of Their Daughter. St. Paul, June 11. — As suspected from the first, the sensational abduc- tion of Sister Borromae, the novice kidnapped from St. Clement’s Catholic school at Duluth on Friday afternoon by two men, is purely a family affair. The young lady, whose real name is Emily Digle and whose parents reside at 659 East Seventh street, was kid- napped by her father, Edward Digle, because he did not wish her to be- come a nun. The only way open to prevent it seemed to be carrying her off from the school. terday morning with her mother and father. POSTMASTER GETS RAISE. Mail Receipts Increase Pay and Show City’s Growth. Thief River Falls, Minn., June 11.— F. H. Kratka postmaster of Thief River Falls, has received word from the postal authorities of Washington that after the first of July his salary will be $2,000 a year. This is a raise of $100 a year and is based upon the increase in the gross receipts of the Thief River Falls postoffice during the last year. Red Wing for Lutherans, Marshalltown, Iowa, June 11—The sixty-sixth annual session of the Evan- gelical Lutheran synod at Roland yes- terday chose Red Wing, Minn., as the next meeting place and elected Rev. C. J. Eastvold of Jewell, Iowa, presi- dent. Bear Killed in Town, “Barron, Wis., June 11.—Harvey Wy- gant shot a 200-pound bear within the city limits. The animal was discovered feeding near one of the slaughter houses. Miss Digle arrived in St. Paul yes-) STATE BANKS PROSPER. Comparative Statement Bank Examiner. The prosperous condition of the peo- ple of tne state is shown by a compar- ative statement of the condition of the state banks for a period of five years, made by the public examiner’s department. The time covered extends to May 20, 1907, showing the condition of the state banks on that date. The figures, however, do not include the national banks, but the presumption is that a similar condition and growth in business is shown in their reports. The statement shows that on June 9, 1903,*there were 266 state banks. This number grew to 325 in 1904, to 385 in 1905, to 427 in 1906 and to 466 last year. In the same time the capi- tal stocks of the banks have increased from $7,609,700 to $10,686,600, and the surplus from $1,544,778.37 to $3,096,- 267.74. , An interesting comparison is in the amount deposited in time certificates, which represents largely savings ot the common people. In 1903 this fund amounted to $18,423,470.90, and it steadily increased until last month it had reached the total of $33,596,936.57. In the same time the deposits subject to check, which represents largely the funds in active use by the business men of the state, had grown from $20,- 284,318.22 to $32,875,855.43. The great increase in deposits is taken as an in- dication of the confidence of the peo- ple of the state in their banks. -In 1903 the loans and: discounts amounted to $39,816,064.98, and this |nad grown to $65,229,366.23 last month. The report also shows that the value of the banking houses with the furni- ture and fixtures had increased in val- ue from $1,282,729.48 to $2,494,122.55. Issued by SCHOOL OF FORESTRY. Expected That It Will Open With a Dozen Students. The state forestry board will meet at Itasca state park, at the head- waters of the Mississippi river, on June 26, when arrangements will be made for the opening of the state summer school of! forestry. The leg- islature last winter placed the park under the control of the forestry board, and the board will look over the land with a view to extending the area of the park. The school of forestry will be start- ed as soon as the arrangements can be made, and a class of about a dozen is assured for the opening. The school will be under the general direc. tion of Prof. Green of the state agri- cultural school, but his assistant, Mr. Cheney, will be in active charge of the work. Prof. Green will make the preliminary arrangements for the opening of the school and will remain until it is well under way. The legislature appropriated $2,000 to be used by the board of regents of the state in conducting this school. The school will be located at the old building on the grounds, which is about three miles from the new state building. The students will spend | most of the summer under tents and ! win be put to work surveying and scaling the timber in the park. They will remain there during the warm weather, probably until September. The legislature also appropriated $35,000 for the purchase of additional land for the park, and the board will look over the ground and select the ground to be purchased. There is still some private land within the limits of the park, and the board will endeavor to acquire the title to this land first. ( STATE GETS INTEREST. First of Payments on School Loans Is Received. The first of the payments on school loans and’ interest on the loans to be received by the state treasurer this year is from Yellow Medicine county, the last on the alphabetical list of counties. This payment amounted to $4,050.14, and it is expected that the total payments to be received from the various counties of the state on account of these school loans during the month will amount to about $200,- 000. The payment was made up of one item of $2,580 on the principal of the loans falling due this year, and $1, 470.14 interests on all the loans made to the school districts in that county. The school loans are being made every year from the permanent school fund, and all fall due on July 1 of the year of their maturity. The interest ig payable annually also on the same date, and as the old loans fall due and are pald the money is again loaned out, creating a continually growing re- volving fund. Amnesty Bill Shelved. St. Petersburg, June 12. — The am nesty bill—the second great peril of parliament — was brought up in the lower house of parliament yesterday and was shelved,, a Constitutiona Democratic motion to refer the matte: td a committee to decide on its legali ty being adopted by 260 to 165 votes. Explosion Fatal to Three. Johnstown, Pa., June 12.—Six Slay miners were frightfully burned, thre¢ fal as the result of an explosior in a ‘ding house. TO BUILD CRANE DITCH. Mass Meeting at Owatonna Is Unani- mous for Drainage Project. As the result of an enthusiastic meeting held at the court house in Owatonna the Crane creek ditch prop- osition, which recently was turned down in the district court, will be reopened. A petition will be present- ed at the coming term of the court to reopen the matter and to have the work on the ditch completed as soon as possible. There is now every prob- ability that the lakes and sloughs in that portion of the county will be drained and the land thereunder re- claimed. 2 The meeting was attended by an unusually large number of farmers who are interested in having the ditch built and whose lands will be benefited by the drainage, as well as by a num- ber of the business men of this city who are anxious to see the work com- pleted. State Engineer Ralph and Secretary of State Julius Schmahl, both members of the state drainage commission, were present and address- ed the meeting. The state engineer said an assessment of about $100,000 should be made, and that the actual cost of the ditch would not be under $75,000. The state, however, will ap- propriate a large sum toward the dig- ging of the big ditch. The secretary of state announced that the state board already had made an appropriation of $5,000 toward carrying on the work of drainage in this county, and pledged further support to the project if car- ried through at once. At the conclusion of his remarks a vote upon the proposition was called for to determine how many were in favor of the ditch, with the result that there was not a dissenting vote. WILL ADD TO STATE GUARD. Adjutant General Announces Nine Companies Are to Be Added. The Minnesota National Guard, now consisting of three regiments of nine companies each, is to be recruited to three of twelve companies each. Of these additional companies St. Paul is to get two and Minneapolis one. This will give the cities six companies each. Adjt. Gen. Wood, who is now making arrangements to care for this addition to Minnesota’s guard, says that the re- eruiting will not be actively com- menced until September, and he hopes to have the full complement completed by Jan. 1 of next year. There is now on hand equipment enough for the ad- ditional companies and sufficient mon- ey for maintenance until the next leg- islature can be reached. A This increase in the guard is for the purpose of conforming to what is known as the Dick law, a federal en- actment, conformance with which brings the state its proportion of fed- eral air. Since entering the office Gen. Wood has been handling his appropri- ation so as to ultimately bring the guard up to the full standard, and the result is that Minnesota will be the first to come up to the requirements of the Dick law. For these nine new companies Gen. Wood will have $10,- 000 available. Showing the demand for the new companies nearly sixty cities and towns over the state have made ap- plications to be favored, and the num- ber is increasing daily. Before any is considered, however, Gen. Wood de- mands that the application contain a promise of a suitable drill hall and its maintenance by the city or town au: thorities, fm PRISONER WALKS AWAY. Bond Found to Be Worthless Through a Series of Errors. By means of a comedy of errors at Le Sueur, in which the principal per- formers seem to have been Judge Borer of the municipal court and Jus- tice Distel of the justice court, a man named Louis Hat, who had been ar- rested and brought before Judge Borer on charge of rape preferred by a simple-minded woman, Emma A. Polzin, a crime for which the least punishment is seven years in the peni- tentiary, was permitted to go at large on a $500 bond. which in addition to being trivial and unlawful, was wholly cefective in its make-up and not prop- erly delivered to the court. It was not signed by Hat, and he immediate- ly decamped and there is no chance of recapturing him. The girl's father and relatives live in Henderson, and are furious with rage at the ease with which the alleged criminal was per- mitted to escape. The sureties on the bond, James A. Cosgrove and Louis Anderson, will defend against any at- tempt to collect the $500. Dynamite Kills Seven. Panama, June 12.—A premature ex- plosion of dynamite took place yester- day at Pedro Miguel, on the line of the canal, and resulted in the instant death of seven men and the wounding ‘of several others. Killed in a Motor Wreck. London, June 12. — In a motor car accident at Edgehull, near Banbury, in Oxford, yesterday, a Mr. Johnson of California was killed and a Mr.! Blake of Philadelphia was »badly in jured. & < m sa i” ee, meme ee FAKE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN WORLD. Poultry Building at the State Fair Grounds. Ground was broken Saturday at the Minnesota state fair grounds for the new dairy building which is to be com- pleted for this year’s fair. The con- tractors are C. Ash & Co. of St. Paul. The base walls will ~e of concrete, with Twin City pressed brick for the upper exterior walls and white brick on the inside. Surveyors staked out the site on Friday. The building is to stand northeast of the agricultural im- plement pavilion, quite near the Snell- ing avenue side of the grounds and only a few feet from the old north line. As forty acres have been pur- chased north of the old grounds the dairy building will be quite a distance from the new north side of the grounds. The contractors for the new poultry building also commenced work Satur- day, and will have a full crew on deck until the work is completed. This work is being done by C. N. Lovene of St. Paul. The building will be simpler in architectural style than the dairy building, but will have more _ floor space. It stands on the new forty acres just acquired by the fair and north of the implement pavilion and the dairy hall. This will be the larg- est poultry building in America and probably in the world. The sewer contractor has com- menced the big job of constructing three miles of sewer for the state fair. A large crew of men is employed, as the work must be completed by Aug. 1, so that the avenues on the grounds may be in perfect condition for the heavy hauling which commences two weeks before the fair opens. With all these operations going on, together with a big grading crew in the infield and another large gang moving speed barns, Secretary E. W. Randall is par- ticularly busy at present. The project for the exhibition at the coming fair of the resources of ‘St. Louis county has outgrown the origi- nal suggestion, and it is now proposed to have a display of the products of St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Itasca, Koochi- ching, Carlton and and Aitkin coun- ties all in one. It is argued at Duluth that the products and interests of this group of counties are identical, and that they might join in the display to their mutual advantage, Duluth and St. Louis county bearing the heaviest part of the expense. As this part of the state—excepting. Aitkin county— has never taken an active part in the displays at the fairs a representative exhibit from the section will be novel and popular. NUSSBAUMER LAUDS CITY. St. Paul Park Official Says Fergus Falls Can Lead in Beauty. Fred Nussbaumer, superintendent of the park system of St. Paul, who is preparing plans for the beautification of Fergus Falls states that the natu- ral beauty of the river banks there surpasses anything that any land- scape artist could arrange, and all that is necessary is for the city to secure control of them and to prevent the mutilation of trees and the destruc tion of the birds and squirrels. He was delighted with the lake, which covers fifteen acres of land in the resi dence portion of the city, less than four blocks from the river, and at an altitude of nearly seventy feet above the river bed. He states that there is more natural beauty inside the city Hmits of Fergus Falls than there is in any other city of its in the state. and with proper boulevarding and thé proper kind of shade trees the: city easily will become the prettiest city in the Northwest. : CAUSE OF FALL IS BLANK. Youth Does Not Remember How He Was Pitched From Train. What narrowly missed being a fatal accident occurred at Lengby. Pau! Briggs, a young man of Morris, Minn., who recently graduated from the schools at that place, fell from the east-bound passenger train and was in an unconscious condition when found ‘in the morning by one of the yardmen at Lengby. A special train at once was placed in service and the young man was brought to Bagley for treatment. Upon examination it was found. that his head was severely bruised, but that he did not suffer in ternal injuries. It was learned from him that he was on his way to International Falls to take up a homestead and to teach school. He said he could not remem ber how the accident occurred. It is supposed that he fell from the train while passing from one coach to an other. MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Reports have reached the secretary of state which show that there are more than 1,000 more school districts in the state than there were two years ago, which makes the total number ol districts in the state about 9,000. When the recent legislature author ized publication of 20,000 Legislative Manuals it did not take into consider ation this increase and consequently the secretary of state will have no copies of the manual*for outside dis tribution, . :